Canada Call to arms! Wynne and MPPs go sleeveless after former PM’s comment

06:25 15 february 2018

06:25 15 february 2018 Source:
Toronto Star

Kathleen Wynne cancels town hall event at Windsor club over restrictive membership policy for women

Politicians of all stripes, including Stephen Harper, have hosted events over the years at the Caboto Club, which only allows full-voting membership to men .The premier’s office is now searching for a new location to hold the meeting.“We will not be holding the Premier’s Town Hall at this venue,” Kate Moseley-Williams, a spokesperson for the premier’s office said Monday afternoon.“As soon as we learned of the issues with the Caboto Club we began to look for an alternate venue to host the event and will provide that information when it is confirmed.“Women make up an integral part of our economy and society.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has proposed a code of conduct for MPPs after controversial comments from “The situations are confidential so I’m not going to go into the details,” the “I think there’ s certainly a double standard,” Brown told reporters, calling on Wynne to be more forthcoming.

Premier Kathleen Wynne didn’t need to issue a call to arms — her three Liberal colleagues were happy to join in and make a statement about sleeveless clothing after a former prime minister set off a firestorm tweeting how wearing it undermines the credibility of women on television.

At Scarborough Centenary hospital for an announcement on Wednesday, Wynne and Advanced Education Minister Mitzie Hunter addressed the crowd, both wearing long-sleeved blazers over sleeveless dresses.

But when the two spoke to reporters afterwards, they’d ditched the blazers. Alongside them, in short-sleeves, were Consumer Services Minister Tracy MacCharles and Scarborough-Agincourt MPP Soo Wong.

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Comments . Nat says. July 8, 2017 at 3:26 pm . This is just the help I was looking for. I don’t care to have my flabby bumpy arms showing. Personally, I’m fine with going sleeveless , even though my arms are not so firm anymore, but a large number of my readers are not.

The original tweet by former Prime Minister Kim Campbell on Tuesday said she is “struck by how many women on television news wear sleeveless dresses — often when sitting with suited men. I have always felt it was demeaning to the women and this suggests that I am right. Bare arms undermine credibility and gravitas!”

After receiving backlash online, Campbell was defending it on Wednesday telling critics to “read the research!” and said she was referring to newscasters.

“To all who R outraged by my (retweets) of research re skin exposure and perception, I suggest U contact the scholars at Yale, Harvard and U of Maryland & urge them 2 withdraw their (2012) paper (because) YOU don't agree, & NEVER show it to ANYONE who might find it useful! Me - I'm in Paris.”

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Were excited to announce the upcoming re-launch of the Go Sleeveless System; for the first time ever, available as a digital download. This is the last year you will be embarrassed about your arms .

Published on Mar 31, 2014 12:33 pm . Hudak said information from the court documents shows the boyfriend of a deputy chief of staff to former premier Dalton McGuinty had an administrator’ s access to the computer hard drives after Wynne had become premier-designate in late January 2013.

A spokesperson for Wynne explained that “some days the premier and female MPPs wear sleeves, sometimes they don’t.”

“(Wednesday) was a day when three of them happened not to,” said Kate Moseley-Williams. “We noticed what had happened and decided to have a little fun with the premier’s tweet.”

Speaking afterwards to the Star, Hunter said she took part in the sleeveless moment to show “we have choices as women, and we always need to continue to exercise those choices … and make those decisions for ourselves.”

Ontario Liberals informed 3 weeks ago of ex-minister accused of sexually assaulting staffer: Wynne .
“There was a process in place. I was not informed three weeks ago,” Wynne said. “The process which engaged the person who made the allegation, who made the complaint, was engaged and the staff and legal counsel has been involved.”READ MORE: Ex-Ontario Liberal minister accused of sexually assaulting staffer, Premier’s Office says unaware about caseNunziata told Global News on Thursday that his client, a woman, worked as an executive assistant to the accused.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has proposed a code of conduct for MPPs after controversial comments from “The situations are confidential so I’m not going to go into the details,” the “I think there’ s certainly a double standard,” Brown told reporters, calling on Wynne to be more forthcoming.

Comments . Nat says. July 8, 2017 at 3:26 pm . This is just the help I was looking for. I don’t care to have my flabby bumpy arms showing. Personally, I’m fine with going sleeveless , even though my arms are not so firm anymore, but a large number of my readers are not.

Published on Mar 31, 2014 12:33 pm . Hudak said information from the court documents shows the boyfriend of a deputy chief of staff to former premier Dalton McGuinty had an administrator’ s access to the computer hard drives after Wynne had become premier-designate in late January 2013.

Here' s what local NDP MPPs had to say about the issue. CBC News · Posted: Nov 17, 2017 2:40 PM ET | Last Updated: November 17, 2017. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne made a "Hail Mary" attempt Thursday night to get college faculty back to work after a five week strike.

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